Visiting Dealey Plaza, the Site of President Kennedy's Assassination in Dallas, Texas

I am grateful to be able to visit historic places across our country as we travel. The place where a president was violently taken from us is a very sad place. Even with the thrum of traffic, this is a quiet, solemn experience.

questioning witnesses, some of
whom reported gun shots
coming from the Grassy Knoll.

Eric reading a plaque at

the Grassy Knoll.

While preparations were being made for President Kennedy's funeral, the search was on for the President's killer. Several witnesses stated they saw Lee Harvey Oswald near the sixth floor of the Texas Book Depository that morning. A rifle with his palm print was found during a search of the Depository. Oswald was arrested and charged with the murder of President Kennedy and Dallas Police Officer J.D. Tippit, the officer who stopped and questioned him shortly after the shooting.

On November 24, Lee Harvey Oswald was being moved from Dallas Police Headquarters to a more secure county jail. He and officers were in the basement of Police Headquarters with police and members of the press with live television cameras witnessing the move. Jack Ruby stepped from the crowd, pulled a gun, shot
and killed Oswald.

Conspiracy theories started to circulate following Grassy Knoll witness testimony and Ruby's murder of Lee Harvey Oswald. The Warren Commission was impaneled and its results were delivered to President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 24, 1964.

Conspiracy theories were not put to rest. Numerous books, documentaries and films have been written and produced on various theories surrounding President Kennedy's assassination.

On November 22, 2013, the fiftieth anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination will be solemnly commemorated in Dallas, all over the United States and around the world.